Dionisije Milivojević
Dionisije | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of America and Canada | |
| Native name | Дионисије |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Diocese | Eparchy of America and Canada |
| Elected | 1939 |
| Installed | 15 April 1940 |
| Predecessor | Irinej Đorđević |
| Successor | Irinej Kovačević Position officially abolished |
| Previous post(s) | Vicar bishop of Moravica (1938–1939) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dragoljub Milivojević 26 July 1898 |
| Died | 15 May 1979 (aged 80) Libertyville, Illinois, United States |
| Buried | Saint Sava Monastery, Libertyville, Illinois |
| Denomination | Serbian Orthodox |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Theology |
Dionisije Milivojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Дионисије Миливојевић; 26 July 1898 – 15 May 1979) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop who served as Bishop of America and Canada from 1939 to 1964.
In his youth, he was one of the leaders of the evangelical Bogomoltsy Movement which won the support of Bishop Nikolaj Velimirović.
In 1964, he severed ties with the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate in Belgrade, which he considered to be under the control of the Yugoslav Communist regime, and formed the Free Serbian Orthodox Church. He was a vocal anti-communist and believed that the clergy in Yugoslavia had acquiesced to the ruling League of Communists of Yugoslavia too easily, and asserted the independence of the congregations of the SOC in North America and Australia.